I'll Try To Be Brief......

Yeah, right....Me be brief....(Say THAT three times...)Heather and Meliss, I love that you are blogging - hearing about the day-to-day stuff (let alone the big stuff) is what I miss so much! Congrats to Mel and good luck to Heather. Don't get enough of it (the poop, that is)! "Poop" - meaning "information" is actually in the dictionary, and was in one of my crosswords once - loved it! Don't get enough "poop" from the New Albany cousins either, come to think.... (Glad to have your "Update" Charly - your wedding - your day, your way! Excited for you about the house - big step! I'm still without a couch, so I feel for you a little. I bought a great lamp for $7 at the Hospice shop the other day for Laura - complete with lightbulb! I didn't see any microwaves, but they did have some neat little tables!) And the Metzger boys - they'll all be off to the NBA or UK (it sounds like yuck for a reason, boys!) or to the moon before we know what's happening there. By the way, T, results from Tuesday night's game? Don't leave us hanging! Win or lose, sounds like it 's been a great season! Has David finished his freshman basketball now, too, and healthy and whole again? Sorry to hear about the strep, Eryn, and Haley's scarlet fever - wow! - Laura thinks she might be getting the flu. Bad timing, with a couple "killer weeks" of class coming up and the "Eye Ball" this weekend (there never is good timing for the flu - hope that's not what it is...and you bounce right back, dear!) Alan and I will be visiting Jim this weekend in St. Louis - swapping cars back - Jim's had Alan's truck since Christmas, and time for Alan to go buy drywall....(Xavier plays SLU tonight - I predict the "Power of X" will eat them up! I taught Reese about the "Power of X" - Jeff, make sure she remembers how! At least it's better than teaching her to hit herself in the head and say "Doy!" How many cousins remember that??) Jackye are you running? Angela said she saw Mike at the Y the other day, and Alan runs in to Chip occasionally at his workouts. I need to get motivated (the "Friends of Fairview" don't like the cold weather, so I haven't been back to the cemtery for a while - I need to stop in just to run, maybe....I really did like it there. Go figure!)

New paragraph....Mom, saw Merlin the other day - he's trying to identify some old K of C pix - Alan's Dad was in one, so he asked if he might be able to identify anyone. We spent a bit of time talking, I always enjoy seeing him! You will also be proud (?!) to know I woke up Alan the other night we had the storms - the tornado warning sirens had gone off twice (which he slept right through), and they were issuing a tornado warning for all of Floyd county, and I was thinking it might be smart to go downstairs, but what to do with Alan, so I went in and told him, and he picked up his pilllows and went downstairs just like that, didn't say a word at first, I wondered if he was actually still asleep...then he turned on the TV downstairs, and after about 10 minutes realized the worst had already passed, and went back upstairs to bed. So I am now "My Mom" - even though I didn't call any of my kids to tell them to go into the basement (it WAS 12:30 at night, and only Gary has a basement...but I'm not even going to worry about that....). Love you, Mom!

I actually went back to read what I just wrote, but I rarelly will edit out - I only want to add more, so it's better if I just keep going.... I did go back and highlight Gary's name, though, just so he won't call me out on it later, but he knows I love him best, so really no problem there.....